12 October 2025
Valley Sunrise Edition 855
0600 ~ 0900 AEST
During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1977 and a mix of recent tracks from indie artists and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
► On 12 October, 1912, Queenstown, Tasmania – Forty-two copper miners died when fire broke out in the Mt Lyell copper mine. Another 74 who were below ground escaped, and 54 more were rescued after vital equipment was rushed from Melbourne to Burnie via the Bass Strait ferry of the time, s.s. Loongana, and from Burnie by trains belonging to the Emu Bay Railway, and the Mt Lyell Mining and Railway Company, all of which made their respective journeys in record times.
► 1961 Sydney, New South Wales – In a campaign to ban bikinis at Bondi Beach, inspectors employed by the Waverley Council were instructed to wear full-length swimming costumes similar to those of the 1930s.
► DIED on this day in 1972 in New York, U.S.A., Billy Williams, African-American singer, who did a successful cover recording of Fats Waller’s I’m Gonna sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter in 1957. This record sold over a million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. His trademark was to add “Oh, Yeah” to the end of the lyrics. He was aged 62.
► DIED on this day in 1997, in in Monterey Bay, California, U.S.A. Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. alias John Denver, singer-songwriter, actor, activist, and poet. Denver recorded around 300 songs, many of which were his own compositions. He received fatal injuries in a light plane crash, at the age of 53.
► DIED on this day in 2002 in Escondido, California, U.S.A., Ray Conniff, bandleader and musician who was particularly well known for the band of singers, 12 women and 13 men, who carried his name; and also for his biggest ever hit, Somewhere My Love.
He sold over 70 million easy-listening albums worldwide. He was aged 85.
Today’s photo: Reflecting the prevailing weather in Tasmania over the past couple of weeks, a view of the suburb of Austins Ferry with snow-covered Mt Wellington in the background.
Today’s Playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED |
| Peter Campbell – Out On The Clay | 2025 | 06:06 | 0 | |
| Charting this day 1977 Dr Hook – Walk Right In | 1977 | 06:13 | 4 | 27/7/2025 |
| Charting this day 1977 Kenny Rogers – Lucille | 1977 | 06:16 | 11 | 13/10/2023 |
| John Denver – Back Home Again | 1974 | 06:22 | 1 | 16/2/2018 |
| Kris Kristofferson – Help Me Make It Through The Night | 06:26 | 8 | 25/8/2023 | |
| Francoise Hardy – L’Amitie | 06:29 | 4 | 11/10/2024 | |
| Los Muchachos – Carnavalito | 06:33 | 7 | 6/3/2022 | |
| Allan Caswell – Really Long Goodbye | 06:38 | 1 | 28/9/2025 | |
| Elisabeth Hope – Beneath Still Waters | 2025 | 06:42 | 2 | 10/10/2025 |
| Vintage Vinyl Billy Cotton & His Band – There’s Always Room At Our House | 1952 | 06:47 | 4 | 30/4/2023 |
| Joy Adams – Still I Wonder | 2025 | 06:52 | 2 | 3/10/2025 |
| Kim Copedo – Set My Heart To Country | 2025 | 06:55 | 0 | |
| Glenn Jones – Best Be On Your Way | 2025 | 07:05 | 3 | 10/10/2025 |
| By Request: Beatles – In My Life | 07:10 | 9 | 14/9/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1977 Manhattan Transfer – Operator | 1977 | 07:13 | 2 | 25/3/2022 |
| Charting this day 1977 David Soul – Silver Lady | 1977 | 07:17 | 1 | 24/4/2020 |
| For A Listener: Matt Monro – The Impossible Dream | 1967 | 07:24 | 2 | 22/6/2025 |
| Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight | 07:27 | 7 | 11/2/2024 | |
| Ray Conniff Singers – Somewhere Beyond The Sea | 07:31 | 4 | 20/9/2013 | |
| Richard Clayderman – Elizabethan Serenade | 07:35 | 7 | 29/10/2017 | |
| Vintage Vinyl Shirley & Lee – Let The Good Times Roll | 1956 | 07:38 | 0 | |
| Billy Williams – I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter | 1957 | 07:41 | 8 | 3/7/2016 |
| Nathan Ward – She Gave Me A Kiss | 2025 | 07:45 | 0 | |
| Carol Chaney – What I Want | 2025 | 07:48 | 0 | |
| Val Doonican – Massachusetts | 07:55 | 2 | 25/11/2022 | |
| Highway 95 – Leave A Light On | 07:58 | 0 | ||
| William Alexander – Wild Roan Brumby | 2025 | 08:06 | 0 | |
| Charting this day 1977 Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene | 1977 | 08:11 | 5 | 9/11/2018 |
| Charting this day 1977 Rita Coolidge – Your Love Has Lifted Me Higher | 1977 | 08:16 | 5 | 20/11/2020 |
| Brian Hyland – The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | 1960 | 08:20 | 8 | 21/1/2024 |
| Anthony Baxter – On Top Of The World | 2025 | 08:23 | 3 | 26/9/2025 |
| Great Grand-Pop Perry Como – Carolina Moon | 1947 | 08:29 | 0 | |
| Ferrante & Teicher – Warsaw Concerto | 08:37 | 0 | ||
| Christine Clifford – Crazy | 2025 | 08:41 | 2 | 7/9/2025 |
| Justin Standley – My Eternal Blue Eyes | 2025 | 08:44 | 3 | |
| Vintage Vinyl Jim Reeves – Home | 1959 | 08:49 | 0 | |
| Al Fisk – Newtown To Clovelly | 2025 | 08:51 | 0 |